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July 10, 2015
Friday Call for Submissions Love! Houseguest: The Common & The Strange
Friday Call for Submissions Love!
Houseguest
About
Houseguest: House, Guest. As our name implies, we are interested in the juxtaposition of the common and the strange: the stranger that enters, that invades even as it’s invited, that may never truly leave. As a culture, we are ambivalent about houseguests, and ambivalent about ambivalence.
Here at Houseguest, we value ambivalence. We appreciate uncertainty. We espouse contradiction. We love thresholds—liminal spaces and surreal situations—and watching what gets through, what gets in. We welcome the Welcome Unwelcome.
We welcome anything you see fit to send us, provided it has not been previously published elsewhere.
Submissions
Houseguest is published three times a year in March, July, and November. We accept submissions year-round. We allow simultaneous submissions, but we ask that you let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Prose submissions should be typed, double-spaced, in an easy-to-read 12 pt font. Please limit your submission to 1000 words. Technically, we accept micro-nonfiction and flash fiction, but we aren’t overly concerned with categories. Be our guest: blur the lines.
Poetry submissions should be typed, single-spaced, in an easy-to-read 12 pt font, and formatted as a single document. Please limit your submission to five or fewer poems and include your contact information in the header of each page. All lengths and styles of poetry will be considered.
We acquire first serial rights for all work we publish. All rights revert to the author upon publication, though we ask for acknowledgement upon reprinting.
We currently accept submissions through our online submissions manager, known more commonly as email.
Submit to submission@houseguestmag.com
Website: http://www.houseguestmag.com/issue-03/current.php
Guidelines: http://www.houseguestmag.com/submission.php
July 8, 2015
Sometimes the Day Is the Poem
I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining :-)
It won’t be long til happiness steps up to greet me Hope it’s finding you too, wherever you are
July 7, 2015
New Work Up at Hound Lit
New poem publication up at HOUND Lit :-) Thrilled to be included. Love this publication :-)
http://www.houndlit.com/mary-carroll-hacket-when-dirt-is-hunger
July 5, 2015
Monday Must Read! Erica Plouffe Lazure, Heard Around Town
Must Read Monday! Erica Plouffe Lazure, Heard Around Town
This week, meet Erica Plouffe Lazure, author of the flash fiction collection, Heard Around Town, winner of the 2014 Arcadia Fiction Chapbook Prize. Another fiction chapbook, Dry Dock, was published by Red Bird Press in Spring 2015.
Her fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, the Greensboro Review, Meridian, American Short Fiction, The Journal of Micro Literature, Fiction Southeast, Flash: the International Short-Short Story Magazine (UK), and elsewhere. She lives and teaches in Exeter, NH
Erica’s website: ericaplouffelazure.com
Erica’s books!
Pre-order Heard Around Town:
http://www.arcadiamagazine.org/#!product/prd15/4198023721/heard-around-town-pre-order
Get Dry Dock: http://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/store/p181/Dry_Dock_by_Erica_Plouffe_Lazure.html
Interview with Erica at American Short Fiction: http://americanshortfiction.org/2014/09/07/online-fiction-interview-erica-plouffe-lazure/
Interview with Erica at One Bike, One Year, by the fabulous Devi Lockwood:
https://onebikeoneyear.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/interview-with-erica-plouffe-lazure/
Read more from Erica online:
MadHat Lit: http://madhatlit.com/red-thread-erica-plouffe-lazure/
Smokelong Quarterly: http://www.smokelong.com/smoking-with-erica-plouffe-lazure/
Black Heart Magazine: http://blackheartmagazine.com/2014/11/06/hickory-wind-by-erica-plouffe-lazure/
Happy Reading!
xo
Mary
July 3, 2015
Friday Call for Submissions Love! Synaesthesia: “Tell us where you’re going”
Friday Call for Submissions Love!
Synaesthesia
Theme
ATLAS
DEADLINE: 30 July 2015
noun | a book of maps or charts
Tell us where you’re going. Tell us about the bridge above the river that looks like milk. Point out your favourite spot. Map out your route. Show us how it happened, where he was, where he is now. Circle the place you first kissed, the place you kissed him last. Show us where you left him, do it in red. Take us to Tibet. Get us lost. Take us home again. Draw us a map of your hand. The muscles and tendons. Where she kissed it, where she pinched it, scratched it, slapped it, held it. Send us tickets and postcards. Think about structure, style. Break conventions: give us stories and poems told through graphs, tables, charts and maps.
Be part of our collection about maps and the roads that fall between them. Be part of the atlas that makes us human, or not.
About
Editors are mothers. They cradle words in their ink-stained hands and rock them gently until they hiccup and burp and sleep without fidgeting. Sometimes they have to be strict, and tell words that they can’t play with that other word because that other word isn’t good for them. Sometimes they have to say no because that’s how stories get better. But mostly they love words and just want to see them grow into great, great stories that others point at and go, heck, I wish I’d written that.
So we’ve decided to write about what we like and what we don’t like in our submissions. And if you don’t like what we do like, then that’s fine. Maybe it’s just not meant to be. It’s important to remember that your submission absolutely doesn’t have to be perfect. We’re not expecting Shakespeare. If you bring us something that makes us coo we’ll tell you it makes us coo, and we’ll work with you to turn that extra o into an r so it makes us go corr.
We like poetry that howls from the rooftops. We don’t like poetry that shouts into a microphone. One commands, the other imposes rudely. We like modest poetry, poetry that tells us, actually, it’s pretty terrifying being human but y’know what? Here’s a puddle. Look at its rainbow.
We’re not particularly drawn to poetry that laments, or mourns, or talks about how much it misses its boyfriend. We don’t like poetry that feels sorry for itself.
We like poetry that talks to us like we’re humans, sometimes even friends, and poetry that goes bungee jumping and, if it’s not feeling up to it, puts its feet up and flicks through crappy TV channels. Not because it can’t be bothered, but because it’s honest. It doesn’t try hard.
We like short stories that come to bed with you and kiss you somewhere you didn’t know you liked. Stories that tease and don’t necessarily give us what we want. If there’s a word in your story that you have to think twice about, get rid of it. Get in and get out. We don’t like stodgy prose or long-winded narratives.
We like short stories that say hey, babe, take a walk on the wide side. We like stories that pad barefoot into the kitchen on a summer night, spilling secrets. Short stories that are the beginnings of a knock knock joke but not the end. We don’t like sob stories, but we do like stories that whisper, I had to write this.
Guidelines
We like short stories that come to bed with you and kiss you somewhere you didn’t know you liked. Stories that pad barefoot into the kitchen on a summer night, spilling secrets. We like short stories that say hey, babe, take a walk on the wide side.
We like poems that jump into puddles. Poems about the ordinary: these yellow wellington boots, your hand-me-down prom dress. We like poems that have been gunned down to the ground and come back fighting.
We like short stories that are the beginnings of a knock knock joke but not the end. Stories that hum, some that blister. We don’t like sob stories, but we do like stories that whisper, I had to write this.
We are currently open for submissions for our ATLAS issue (publishing late summer/autumn). We will announce our last theme of the year very soon. Please read our submission guidelines before submitting (seriously, please do it, it will help you), and remember the following:
Your submission must correspond to the current theme in some way, however loosely you interpret it
Simultaneous submissions are totally fine and heartily encouraged, but if your submission is accepted elsewhere please inform us asap
We do not accept previously published submissions. We obtain First Serial Rights, which means we have the rights to publish your work for the first time. More info on our guidelines page
It’s completely free to submit to us and read our magazine
As part of the magazine’s ethos, we blend art and writing – please be aware that your work may be accompanied with another form of art
Response time: approx 1-4 months.
Okay, your turn now. Blow our senses
Guidelines and Submit Here: https://synaesthesia.submittable.com/submit
July 1, 2015
Special Wednesday Call for Submissions: Snapdragon, Art & Healing
I’ve been thinking a lot about Art & Healing lately
Special Wednesday Call for Submissions
Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing
Open July 1- July 31
“Your Wild and Precious Life” Issue
“Open for submissions for our 3rd issue due out in September! We publish previously published work so send us your new or old poems on the theme “your wild and precious life” (we love Mary Oliver). Spread the word! Thanks!”
About
“Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing aims to be the premier online literary journal for writers and all who are looking to creativity as a way to process and express the healing journey.
Whether experiencing or looking for physical, emotional, or spiritual healing, we hope this will be a place to which you come as you journey the luminous path to wholeness. AtSnapdragon Journal, in addition to poetry and creative nonfiction, we are now highlighting photography! Eventually, we will publish research articles and interviews of those doing this work in the field.
Why the Name?
“We could not think of a better name for this journal other thanSnapdragon! At its deepest level, the Snapdragon flower essence helps the soul to distinguish its use of creative forces — especially those which radiate from the lower energy centers, and those which are used for spoken word. The Snapdragon flower is often used as a remedy to help persons — particularly those who experience extreme tension in the jaw and mouth — to re-direct their powerful metabolic energy into its rightful channels. By harmonizing the relationship between these energy centers, the soul evolves in its use of creative power. And so, with Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, our desire is to provide a platform for your self-expression and soul’s healing!”
Guidelines
“We’re using Submittable to receive your poetry, creative nonfiction and photography. We will only accept, via email, research papers on art and healing. All other submissions via email will not be accepted. Our Submittable link will go live the first of each month we are open for submissions (Jan., April, July, Oct.). See our themes and guidelines below. Also sign up for our mailing list to receive notifications. Thanks!”
We consider new and previously published work on the theme of healing (emotional, physical, spiritual, community, etc.).
See detailed guidelines here: http://www.snapdragonjournal.com/submit.html
Sometimes the Day Is the Poem
Don’t worry about a thing. Every little thing gonna be all right
June 30, 2015
Writing Workshops for the Fall: Writing through the Chakras, Writing the Spiritual Life, and More
Good morning!
I’m beginning to schedule weekend and one-day workshops for the Fall :-)
Check out my workshop and contact page for details.
http://marycarrollhackett.com/contact/
If you’re in the Mid-Atlantic area and you’re interested in having me teach a workshop in your area, email me and let’s make your beautiful work even better!
Hope it’s beautiful where you are today!
xo
Mary
June 29, 2015
Pretend It’s Still Friday Call for Submissions: Apogee, Reclaiming the Margins
I was out of town with sick family (good thoughts, good energy, prayer in whatever your fashion appreciated), so we’re gonna pretend it’s still Friday, and get some
Call for Submissions Love!
Apogee
About
“Apogee is a literary journal specializing in art and literature that engage with issues of identity politics: race, gender, sexuality, class, and hyphenated identities. We currently produce a biannual issue featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Our goal is to publish exciting work that interrogates the status quo, providing a platform for unheard voices, including emerging writers of color.
The word “apogee” denotes the point in an object’s orbit that is farthest from the center. Our mission combines literary aesthetic with political activism. We believe that by elevating underrepresented literary voices we can effect real change: change in readers’ attitudes, change in writers’ positions in literature, and broader change in society.”
Submit
Submissions for Issue 6 are now open! Issue 6 will be published in print fall/winter 2015. Here are our guidelines:
– We accept original poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction.
– Please keep your prose submissions under 6,000 words and send no more than 3 poems for consideration.
– Send your submissions in either .doc or .docx format.
Apogee Journal’s dual purpose is to showcase writers from the periphery and to provide a platform for all writers to thoughtfully engage with issues of race, class, and identity. Our goal is to publish exciting work that sits at some distance from the mainstream and to provide a forum where unheard issues and voices can rise to the fore. To get a sense of what we publish, please browse our previous two issues or click here to order a hard copy of our current issue: http://www.apogeejournal.org/issue-three/
Year Round on the Blog
Submissions for our blog Perigee are open year round. We will consider completed interviews, critical and lyrical essays, book reviews and flash fiction for publication.
http://www.apogeejournal.org/blog/
Monday Must Read! Julie Brooks Barbour, Small Chimes
Monday Must Read!
This week meet Julie Brooks Barbour, the author of Small Chimes (Aldrich Press, 2014) and two chapbooks: Earth Lust (2014) and Come To Me and Drink (2012), both from Finishing Line Press.
She is a recipient of an Artist Enrichment Grant from Kentucky Foundation for Women and a residency at Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in Waccamaw, Four Way Review, diode, storySouth, Prime Number Magazine, burntdistrict, The Rumpus, Midwestern Gothic, Blue Lyra Review, and Verse Daily.
She is co-editor of the journal Border Crossing and an Associate Poetry Editor at Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. She teaches composition and creative writing at Lake Superior State University.
Julie’s website: http://www.juliebrooksbarbour.com
Where to get Julie’s book Small Chimes:
Check out Earth Lust !
https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?products_id=2113
Come to Me and Eat
https://finishinglinepress.com/product_info.php?products_id=723
More from Julie online:
At Connotation Press: http://www.connotationpress.com/poetry/1793-julie-brooks-barbour-poetry
At Negative Capability: http://www.negativecapabilitypress.org/blog/2015/3/22/featured-poet-julie-brooks-barbour
At Verse Daily: http://www.versedaily.org/2012/aboutjuliebrooksbarbour.shtml
A Great Interview with Julie:
Happy Reading!
xo
Mary
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